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Spokane, WA: (Mar-02-08) The Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. investors' trust had brought charges against PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC, accusing the accounting firm of having a hand in the financial conglomerate's downfall. The suit stated that PriceWaterhouseCoopers made several accounting mistakes that played a large part in the Spokane company's de... - Jury Awards $600.000 in DSHS Civil Suit
Olympia, WA: A former foster child who suffered sex abuse as a child in Wenatchee has been awarded a $600,000 settlement by an Olympia county jury hearing her suit. The jury found that the state Department of Social and Health Services and a former DSHS counselor, Connie Saracino, were neglignet in that they failed to act expediently in removing the... - Two Defendants in Accutane IBD Case Settle
St. Clair County, Il: Defendants Hoffman La Roche, and Roche Laboraories have negotiated a settlement in a seven year lawsuit brought by a man who alleged he developed Accutane related inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as a result of taking the acne medicine. The terms of the settlement are confidential. The suit was brought by Jason Peipert who... - Road Supervisor, Nesquehoning Borough pays former employee $47,500 wrongful termination settlement
Nesquehoning Borough, PA: (Feb-28-08) Nick Degiglio, a former road supervisor, brought charges against Nesquehoning Borough, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated. Borough sources stated that in a bid to resolve the claims, the two parties agreed to reach a settlement agreement, in which Nesquehoning Borough Council approved of an out of court deal wi... - Creditor Debt, Trophy Resources agrees to $600,000 debt settlement
Alpharetta, GA: (Feb-26-08) In a recent announcement made by Joseph Canouse, the CEO of Trophy Resources, an independent natural resource company with the goal of controlling lease hold acreage and mineral rights, stated that the company has entered into a debt settlement with its current creditors for equity that allows the company to reduce its outstandi... - Ameriprise Securities Fraud Class Action Reaches $27M Settlement
New York, NY: A preliminary $27 million settlement has been agreed in a securities class action suit filed against Ameriprise Financial Inc. The suit, filed by clients of Ameriprise's independant-brokerage unit, alleged that the private placement interests sold in two companies - Medical Capital and Provident Royalties -- that went bankrupt in 2009 -... - Nightclub Fire, WHJY-FM, Capstar Radio Operating, and Clear Channel Broadcasting agree to $22 million fire damage settlement
Providence, OH: (Feb-13-08) A spate of lawsuits were brought against local radio station 94 WHJY-FM and parent company Clear Channel Communications Inc., alleging a fatal nightclub fire five years ago in West Warwick took the lives of or injured several people. The lawsuits, which are currently pending in the federal District Court in Providence, allege th... - Family Awarded $1.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Suit
Billings, MT: A jury has awarded Amy Heidt and her four children $1.7 million as settlement of a medical malpractice alleging the death of 42-year old Gerard Heidt. The suit was filed against Billings Clinic and Dr. Faranak Argani, an internal medicine physician and sought $1.9 million in lost wages and funds for the children's college educati... - Panera Agrees $5.75 Million Settlement in Securities Lawsuit
Seattle, WA: Panera Bread Co, has agreed a proposed $5.75 million settlement in the securities class action brought by shareholders who allege that the chain misled investors about the success of its Crispani pizza. Western Washington Laborers-Employers Pension Trust filed the lawsuit in January 2008 in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis on be... - $23 Million Verdict for Man Shot in Face
Jackson, MS: A jury has awarded $23million as settlement of a lawsuit brought against the city of Jackson and a downtown hotel. The suit alleged that off-duty police officer Dewayne West shot an unarmed mentally ill man in the head at near point-range in 2007. Dale Archey was just 24 when he was shot on April 13, 2007 by West who was working sec... - Condo Eminent Domain, Maui pays $4.1 million settlement to property owner
Maui, HI: (Feb-5-08) Asghar Sadri, a property owner, brought a lawsuit against the Maui Planning Commission and the former planning director in state and federal court over the county's eminent domain proceedings for the Montana Beach condominium site next to Baldwin Beach. Records state that the county had already settled with two other owners of the prop... - Man Paralyzed in School Incident Receives $14.7 Million Settlement
Chicago, Il: A 30-year old man from Chicago who was chronically injured on a mini-trampoline in a tumbling class when he was in the eighth grade, has been awarded a $14.7 million settlement in his personal injury lawsuit. Ryan Murray, who is quadriplegic as a result of the accident, sued the Chicago Board of Education. The suit was thrown in July... - MoneyGram Reaches Agreement to Settle Securities Class Action
Minneapolis, MN: MoneyGram International has entered into memoranda of understanding to settle federal securities class and stockholder derivative actions pending in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The claims arise out of the subprime related losses in 2007 and 2008. Under terms of the securities class action memorandu... - Jury Awards $25 Million to in Man in Accutane Lawsuit
Atlantic City, NJ: A $25 million settlement has been awarded by a jury to 38-year old Andrew McCarrell of Moody, Atlanta, in a lawsuit he brought against Hoffmann-La Roche Inc, the makers of Accutane. McCarrell allegedly took the acne drug when he was in his 20s, and subsequently underwent the removal of his colon. He claims that the pharmaceutical comp... - NovaGold Agrees $28 Million Settlement in Securities Class Action
New York, NY: NovaGold Resources Inc. ("NovaGold") has agreed to a C$28 million cash settlement of the class action lawsuit arising from allegations that investors were misled about the economic feasibility of NovaGold's largest mining project, Galore Creek. The New Orleans Employees' Retirement System is the Lead Plaintiff in the lawsuit. The com... - Woman Awarded $500K in Gym Accident
Miami, FL: A $503,399 settlement has been awarded to Dawn Beauchamp who sustained lower back injuries when the bench she was using at a Gold's Gym collapsed. Beauchamp, then 42, was performing curls at the gym while seated on an adjustable bench when it collapsed. Beauchamp claimed the gym failed to properly maintain the seat, resulting in a lum... - Correctional Facility Pays $10.5M Settlement for Wrongful Death
Ashland, TN: A wrongful death suit brought against the city of Philadelphia, Chad Youth Enhancement Services Inc., and its parent company, Universal Health Services Inc, by the Paulette Dolby, the administratrix of the estate of Omega "Manny" Leach, has been settled for $10,500,000. The suit alleged that the death of 17-year old Leach in June 2007 was... - Plane Crash, Estate of Rick Potter pays $1 million wrongful death settlement to widow
Stafford County, VA: (Jan-04-08) Carole W. Green, the widow of one of the men killed in a February 2006 airplane crash in Stafford County, brought a wrongful death claim against the estate of Rick Potter. Potter was the real estate developer and pilot who owned the plane her husband, Graham Green III, was in Feb. 22, 2006, the night of his death. Records s... - Vehicle Maps, Acacia Research Corp. pays Sprint Nextel Corp. confidential settlement for patent infringement
Newport Beach, CA: (Jan-02-08) Officials from Acacia Research Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that the companies had reached a settlement in their patent infringement dispute, ending all pending litigation surrounding it. Acacia Research Corp., which develops, acquires, and licenses patented technologies, stated that its Telematics Corp. unit reach... - Worker Awarded $2.4 Million in Worplace Accident Lawsuit
Wilkes-Barre, PA: HVAC technician Robert Smith was recently awarded a $2.4 million in settlement of a lawsuit he brought against the owners of a warehouse he was working in when he injured himself. Mr. Smith fell into the gap between a prefabricated set of stairs and a doorway in a Wilkes-Barre warehouse falling 3.5 feet through a 12-inch gap. ...